Welcome to Global History Connection!

This is your webspace to collaborate with your classmates to create a wiki on your topic.

Please click one of the following topics. Remember to only edit your own!

Your wikis should be written in your OWN words. Do not just cut and paste from websites. You may include quotes and information from other resources, but you must always acknowledge your sources.

Here is a sample wiki to see what kinds of features you can include: SAMPLE

Australia

Pre-contact Aboriginal Society
Origin and Nature of British settlement in Australia
Impact of British settlement in Australia from 1788-1800s
Indigenous reactions to British settlement in Australia
Important people involved in settlement of Australia

United States of America

Pre-Columbian settlements in North America
The effects of European colonisation on Native Americans
The effects of European colonisation on Africans through the Slave Trade
British Colonies in North America during the 17th Century
The causes of the French and Indian War and its consequences
The American Revolution - causes and progress

Other links
Brigidine College, St Ives, Website

Resources for research: Australia
http://www.wettropics.gov.au/rah/rah_precontact.html
http://australianmuseum.net.au/Indigenous-Australia-Timeline-Pre-Contact
http://www.pivotalkids.com/australian_aborigines.htm
http://epress.anu.edu.au/aborig_history/transgressions/mobile_devices/ch08s03.html
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/convicts/
http://www.koalanet.com.au/european-settlement.html
http://www.copacabana-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/tch_links/HSIE_Pages/British_Colonisation_Of_Australia_Links.htm
http://www.awm.gov.au/atwar/colonial.asp
http://www.australianhistory.org/colonisation